The average Vashon property owner will see his or her property taxes increase by nearly 4 percent this year, from an average tax bill of $4,166 to an average bill of $4,328, according to the King County Assessor’s Office.
WEDNESDAY 18 WIC program here The Women, Infants and Children program (WIC) provides free vouchers for nutritious foods as well…
My home is on 10 acres of forest land near the middle of Vashon Island. We use a wood stove that consumes about three cords of firewood each year. Trees around us show tree rings of about half an inch a year. A little arithmetic demonstrates that our forest produces more than 100 cords of new wood annually. In the 25 years we have lived here, we have burned less than the volume of wood provided by one year’s forest growth. That part of our lives, at least, is sustainable.
WEDNESDAY 11 School bond debate A public debate with pro and con presentations and time for questions and answers will…
More than 40 Islanders met for a “stone soup” dinner and discussion of the community’s needs in these difficult economic times on Sunday, Feb. 1. The event was sponsored by Vision for Vashon, a new community group whose members are trying to find ways to help their Island neighbors in these hard times.
Talk to Jeff Rauma, a Vashon High School basketball player, and one hears in his voice the desperate need for a second gym.
Because of high demand for gym space in the winter months, early dawn is the only time the junior varsity basketball team can claim an hour or two on the high school’s maple-floor court. So every morning, Rauma arrives at school by 5:45 a.m., determined to play a sport he loves.
A week from today, thousands are expected to converge in Olympia to insist legislators give Washington State Ferries the money it needs to serve the Puget Sound for decades to come.
Vashon Auto Parts closed unexpectedly and without fanfare on Feb. 4, just hours after owner Stu Luhr found out his business did not receive a “gap loan” he’d been counting on.
Though Islanders have been vocal in their support of Back Bay Inn, well-wishing wasn’t enough to keep the beloved Burton eatery and bed and breakfast open.
Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark said Monday he plans to review Glacier Northwest’s state-issued lease to aquatic lands off the shores of Maury Island to see if the 30-year document is consistent with efforts to protect and restore Puget Sound.
State ferry officials — in an updated proposal delivered to the Legislature Saturday night — have recommended that the so-called triangle route that serves Vashon, Fauntleroy and Southworth get replaced by three separate runs serving the three communities.
Residents from Vashon, Bainbridge and several other ferry-served communities have banded together to draft an alternative to the long-term plans put forth by Washington State Ferries — plans some say are unrealistic and unacceptable.
After an outpouring of opposition to the library’s potential move out of Ober Park, the King County Library System (KCLS) and the Vashon Park District are poised to resume discussions about the location of the Island’s heavily used branch.